Tag Archives: False prophecy

The Freddie Gray demonstrations

September 2, 2021Bible, Homelessness, Local media, Local news, National media, Thursday postsChuck Modiano, Demonstrations, Deuteronomy 30:11-14, False prophecy, Freddie Gray, Here - Now - Can, Riots, What IsWilliam Tell

As of Monday, 04/27/15, let me say this. We had five days of completely orderly demonstrations. Only after that did the interlopers arrive, and only after that did any trouble begin.

Everybody, I think, wants certain things. We want to find out the facts. We want appropriate prosecutions, if warranted. We want …

I’ve just read this article, which indicates interlopers were indeed allowed to address the crowd at the original gathering Saturday 2015-04-25. They said things I do not believe any native Baltimorean would have said. They had to rationalize their presence, and in my judgment, failed.

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Celebrities, go home!

August 5, 2021Local news, National media, National news, Thursday postsAffordable housing, Baltimore, Baltimore riots, Celebrities, False prophecy, Freddie Gray, Jobs creation, Political correctness, Racism, RiotsWilliam Tell

(Originally posted 2015-04-29, in the midst of the Freddie Gray riots.)

… if you’ve never lived here, if you’ve never worked here …

Now that Baltimore is the center of national media attention, an endless string of celebrities and celebrity-wannabes can’t wait to come here and get their share of the limelight …

… at our expense.

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The emperor’s new clothes: False prophecy in the news

October 22, 2020Bible, National media, National news, The William Tell Show, Thursday postsCancer, David, False prophecy, Jesus, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Nathan, Prophecy, Salon.com, Tucker CarlsonWilliam Tell

Here is my first audition file. The sound quality and performance aren’t the best, but I’ve chosen to post it anyway given the weight of the subject matter.

I need to show that I can speak off the cuff about current events, and an opportunity to do so came in the controversy over recent tweets by Maria Chappelle-Nadal.

A transcript appears below.

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False prophets in the Bible

October 15, 2018Bible, National politics, PoliticsDonald Trump, False prophecy, Franklin Graham, Luke 4:24, Mark 6:4, Matthew 13:57, Prophecy, Robert JeffressWilliam Tell

Working on the post “Other Jesus sayings,” which will probably appear in December, I must soon deal with Jesus saying, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country,” etc. (Mt. 13:57, Mk. 6:4, Lk. 4:24).

Those whom I regard as false prophets today are trolls.

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False prophecy and cancer

December 16, 2017OUR BEST POSTS, Politics, ScienceCancer, False prophecy, Personality types, Prophecy, TrollsWilliam Tell

Friday, December 8, 2017

In doing research for a different post, I just now got a big surprise, from this Wikipedia article:

Type A and Type B personality theory

Many years ago, I recognized that individuals I regard as false prophets are unusually prone to die of cancer. I could provide a long list, but just now there’s no need. I developed a theory of an “irritable personality,” and supposed such a personality might rise from the same genetic bases as a tendency toward cancer.

From this article, it appears that I was right. Although it doesn’t give any detailed description of what might constitute a cancer-prone personality, it sets forth that, at least in some persons, the two are definitely linked.

Related: False prophecy in the news

Final note: Not all trolls are false prophets, but all false prophets are trolls.

Wolves in sheep’s clothing

April 13, 2016Homelessness, Justice, National news, National politics, OUR BEST POSTS, Poverty, The Way of PeaceAnti-racism, False prophecy, Here - Now - Can, Keep the focus on you, Progressives, Reclaim Harvard Law, Self-love, Serenity prayerWilliam Tell

I am at a difficult juncture.

My immediate material situation requires that, like never before in my life, I practice what I preach; care for myself; work in my own self-interest; be “here-now-can;” “keep the focus on me;” live by the Serenity Prayer. These are what I counsel any poor person to do. These are what I most emphatically now must do myself.

This entails dis-attending to all the current social turmoil.

It entails turning a deaf ear and blind eye to many messages, insistent messages, particularly coming from those who claim to have the best interests of the poor (like me) at heart.

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Ted Cruz, false prophet?

October 12, 2015Clippings, National news, World NewsFalse prophecy, Family Research Council, Immigration, John Boehner, Liberty Counsel, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Race, Racism, Ted Cruz, Values Voter SummitWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Ted Cruz, false prophet? • Lying for the sake of the Gospel •
“They’re coming to America.” Why? •
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* The Freddie Gray demonstrations

May 18, 2015Bible, Clippings, Homelessness, Local media, Local news, National media, OUR BEST POSTSChuck Modiano, Demonstrations, Deuteronomy 30:11-14, False prophecy, Freddie Gray, Here - Now - Can, Riots, What IsWilliam Tell

As of Monday, 04/27/15, let me say this. We had five days of completely orderly demonstrations. Only after that did the interlopers arrive, and only after that did any trouble begin.

Everybody, I think, wants certain things. We want to find out the facts. We want appropriate prosecutions, if warranted. We want …

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* Celebrities, go home!

April 29, 2015Local news, National media, National newsAffordable housing, Baltimore, Baltimore riots, Celebrities, False prophecy, Freddie Gray, Jobs creation, Political correctness, Racism, RiotsWilliam Tell